New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
THIRTY-FIVE DEAD FOUND.
SEARCH FOR BODIES AT WOODSTOCK.
MOST OF THE HUMAN FRAGMENTS TOTALLY
UNKECOGNIZABLE.

MOST OF THE HUMAN FRAGMENTS TOTALLY
UNRECOGNIZABLE.
THREE CORPsEs FOUND UNDER THE ICE OF THE
WHITE RIvER-LIsT OF KILLED AND WOUNDED
-ChoWDs OF CURIOUS PEOPLE AT
THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUsRl
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Feb 6.-News to-day
from woodstock brings out more strongly than
ever the appalling nature of Saturday mornings
accident 1t is another Ashtabula disaster with
added horrors and longer list of victims. 1t
Is oy no means certain that all the passengers who
were on the Montreal express train on Friday
have yet been accounted for. Tho railroad Off
cials insist that there were not more than eighty
or eighty-two people in the wreck. According to
CONDUCTOR Beans statement, made after consult
ing. as far possible tho ticket agents check
ljst there were thirty-six tickets sold for the
two Boston cars. Sixteen Of the passengers had
the Pullman sleeper, and the other twenty trav-
elled In The day cars. Thirty tickets were sold
on the Connecticut River roads, The Central YER
mont, the Sullivan County and the Vermont VAL
ley, 1or points north OF Bethel. Two passengers
got on The train at White River Junction, making
S2 IN all for the two Connecticut River cars.
lwelve or these had berths in the second Pull
man sleeping car. There were ten train hands.
and the grand total Of passengers consequently,
according to the railroad authorities computa~
tion. was TO- From four to six are thought not
to have bought tickets on the same day that they
were TO make the journey, or to have boarded the
train and bought Pullman berths afterward. Ten
men ii seems ESCAPED the wreck on the engine
and baggage and postal car which had few
seats In 10 for smokers. Up to 4 o'clock this
l,s.t..
or had passed through the hands of the White
River junction Village undertaken, T.. j. John
son. Thirty wounded persons were accounted
for by Charles T. Farbcll the attorney for the
Central Vermont and lassumpsic railroads at
White River Junction. One OF them had gone
away without giving his name. The Others appear
In the list Of injured printed below. The number
OF passengers accounted for is consequently II,
which tallies closely enough with the calculation
made by Conductor Bean and other railroad men.
or the thrty y-two killed only eleven have SO
far been identified. The casualties are
KILLED.
BURGESS " R.. porter Of the Pullman car He was rec
oRnized by parts OF his uniform that escaped the fire.
BANGS. Edward. brakeman: Of West Lebanon. y. H.
DILLON. T.. f. Of Dartmouth College. He was identified
by means OF charred clothing and some jewelry.
DUSh,R. Miss Nancy; OF somervilIe. Mass
HADDES. J. sprlngfek, porter OF Pullman car.
MILLS, Mason. OF TroduOis. Ont.
sAroRD. Charles Boston; supposed TO have been burned
= to be unrecognlzahe. a blue coat was found
containing letter addressed to him.
srURrEvANT. Smith. conductor. who was mentioned
among the wounded, died to-day. He leaves wife
wrssox' F. l.. OF springfield Mass son OF d. H. wesson
HIS body henuny by the family physician.
uEscoTr. 3 l.. Of Bgrneton, VI 49,, 81.
wEscorr. son OF s. L. wescott. lie was burned In his
fathers arms.
WILDER. Edgar. swanon. Vt No body was found but
WOODWARD. D. D.. waterbury VI His body charred,
but recognized by part OF the clothing.
WOUNDED.
AREf, Polly. Chicopcc Falls. Mass. wounds slight.
ALEXANDER. j., Boston. injuries slight.
BoUcEIoUEr. -. Worcester Mass. with his wife, sister
and two children.
BorsvERr. o.. Angelsque. Que. internally injured
BorsvgRr. Mrs. o.. slightly hurt.
BorI.sorR child OF Benjamin Boulangerof Canada,
slightly hurt
BRYDrx Mrs W. d.. Montreal. contus,ons back. She
has gone home
CAmrr Katy. Boston. face out and bruised.
CoMBREMoSr L. Swiss, No. 30 JOHN ST.. NewYork, hips
and back bruised.
COSTELLO Mrs. Boston. bruised. but seriously
CUsHuAS Middlcboro, Mass. slightly wounded He has
gone home.
CusHrSG l. H., Midlleboro. Mass slightly hurt.
CASHIER Mrs Charles. Boston, contusions the back
and limbs.
DrvrsEAu. Mrs wincoski Vt. not seriously hurt.
FoLLErr. Miss Persus H., Sharon, Vt, shoulder hurt
She has gone home.
FISHER. F. A.. son of william Fisher. of Gloucester,
slightly injured
GENET Joseph Scio, ~ Y, head cut and back
wounded
GRAHAM Mrs, John Bedford, Mass ankle sprainod and
spine ilJnrcd
HUBBARD. Charles A.. Cambridge, Mass slightly hurt
! about the face and head.
HurcnINs j. C.. Montgomery. VT. backbone injured
HosMER. G NJ. Lowell Mass, legs and body bruised
JUESAU. Horace East Peppcre. Mass, face back and
legs bruised. lie has gone home.
JACQUES Joseph. Fitchburg Mass confusion over eye
ana hips and legs bruised
KLRY, JAMES, Burke, n. " left arm broken ana head
bruised.
LOWELL Emma Montreal. sisterinaw OF Frank Wesson,
slightly hurt Taken to springfield
LBBEY Joseph st. VALERIE Quebec cut about the head
slight conclusion OF the brain.
LICAnLoDE. Mitchell, Lawrence Mass. injured about
head chest and back.
Low George Montreal, muscles OF his back strained
| not seriously hurt.
LAvnLr. Alexander Greenfield Mass injured informally,
but may get we'll
LEBoUEF August, Lynn. Mass, badly bruised. He went
home.
MURPHY, Anna, No. ll6 Prlncest Boston, right cheek
badly cut and back bruised
| Morr. Henry. Albany, VT. hand hurt.
M,IGuEI Clovis. schangen Que, wounded on the body
PRATT NJ Springfield. Mass, right foot injured some
| what frostbltten.
Prev, d.. Providence, injured. but not seriously.
pouLkT Moses Quebec rsht leg broken Ken anu "ouhuea
KEMlLoRD David, BrocktOn, Mass, slightly hurt lie
| went home.
SMITH. Howard, Gloucester. Mass, slightly injured
| s.DLER. Marie f., Montreal She had been living In
White River Junction for year.
| SAUIT. j. c., New-Haven, slightly hurt He went home
| TEwKsBuRY, Henry, Randolph, VT, left leg ana arm
broken.
TUrTIE. J. W.. Tunbridge, slightly wounded. lie has
gone homo.
| VEAzIE A. B., Rutland not seriously hurt.
| wIscm, Margaret, Greenfield Mass, badly cut and
bruised, but may
WILCOX H. j. Bangor n. Y, severely hurt at the base
OF the skull
| WHEELER Andrew Fitchburg Mass cut over his eyes
AMI face burned.
OF the dead only the bodies Of Wesson, DILLON
Miss Dunbar, Mills, Sturtevant, Wescott and ms
son, Wilder. Burgess, Banks, Hidden and Wood
ward have been positively identified.
Three dead bodies were taken out of the Whlt'
River at Woodstock Bridge this afternoon. Al
of them had sunk under the ice, bub they ha(